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No. 9, to Richard S. Bray, Newbury. 

 No. 10, to Wm. Foster, Andover. 

 No. 11, to Joseph Kittredge, Andover. 

 No. 12, to Wm. F. Porter, Bradford. 

 No. 13, to Jacob Farnham, Andover. 

 No. 14, to J. L. Hubbard, Byfield. 

 No. 15, to Moses H. Poor, West Newbury. 

 The teams commenced simultaneously, and the process of 

 inverting the sod went on in a quiet and workmanlike man- 

 ner, and in about forty-five minutes, several acres were well 

 ploughed. The Committee were pleased to observe so many 

 citizens of the county, willing to exhibit their skill in this im- 

 portant part of the show. 



The plough must ever be considered among the most indis- 

 pensable instruments of husbandry ; and the public are under 

 obligation to the distinguished plough-makers of this state, and 

 elsewhere, for that degree of advancement towards perfection, 

 which has been attained. But the skillful use of the plough, 

 has not kept pace with the improvements of the plough itself. 

 Many fields, smooth and without obstruction, may be seen 

 ploughed with furrows deviating from a right line, one or two 

 feet on either side, with the land left uneven, and the furrows 

 of unequal depth. But the Society is doing much towards 

 improvement in this respect, by giving examples of good 

 ploughing. 



The Committee, after a careful inspection of the ploughing 

 of the several lots, with but slight difference of opinion, award- 

 ed the premiums as follows : — 



The first premium to John Washburn, of Lynn ; plough, 

 Ruggles, Nourse, Mason & Co.'s — |8 00 



Second premium to Moses H. Poor, of West Newbury ; 



plough, Martin's— 7 00 



Third premium to Richard S. Bray of Newbury ; 



plough, Prouty «fc Co.'s — 6 00 



Fourth premium to William Foster, of Andover ; 



plough, Doe's, of Concord — 5 00 



Fifth premium to David Nevins, of Methuen — 4 00 



There were three double ploughs on the field, which attract- 

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